Raspberry cultivar ‘Cascade Bounty’

ABSTRACT

A new and distinct cultivar of raspberry (i.e.,  Rubus idaeus L. ). The cultivar forms medium sized, medium colored, tart flavored fruit. The fruit is round in shape with similar length and width. Based on trials on root rot infested soil, the cultivar appears to be highly tolerant of root rot, producing very high yields on these sites.

GOVERNMENT INTERESTS

The invention was made in part with Federal formula funds pursuant tothe Hatch Act and was part of Project WNP00640. The United StatesGovernment has certain rights in the invention.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of raspberry plantwith a botanical name of Rubus ideaus L., and the cultivar designation‘Cascade Bounty’.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Many cultivars of raspberry plant are known. For instance, raspberrycultivars named ‘Lauren’, ‘Encore’, ‘Prelude,’ and ‘WSU 1090’ aredescribed in U.S. Plant Pat. Nos. 10,610, 11,746, 11,747, and 14,522respectively. The parents of the new and distinct cultivar of thepresent invention are ‘Chief’ and WSU 984.

The instant plant, Cascade Bounty, originated from a hand-pollinatedcross of WSU 984 (non-patented), the female parent, × ‘Chief″(non-patented), the male parent, made in 1992 at Washington StateUniversity Puyallup Research and Extension Center, Puyallup Wash.‘Chief’ is a red raspberry cultivar released from the University ofMinnesota in 1930. ‘Chief’ produces round, small to medium fruit thatripens early in the season. ‘Chief’ is highly root rot tolerant and verywinter hardy. WSU 984 is a red raspberry selection from the WashingtonState University breeding program. WSU 984 was highly productive, haslong fruiting laterals and produces long conic light colored fruit.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

‘Cascade Bounty’ is distinguished primarily by its high productivity andhigh level of tolerance to root rot. The fruit is rounded in shape andtart.

‘Cascade Bounty’ is distinguished from its parent WSU 984 by having morerounded fruit, darker fruit color and more acidic fruit.

‘Cascade Bounty’ is distinguished from its parent ‘Chief’ in havinglarger leaves with terminal, distal lateral and basal lateral leafletsall being longer and wider than Chief. ‘Cascade Bounty’ has largerfruit, more drupelets per fruit, greater drupelet weight, larger seeds,later harvest season and greater productivity than ‘Chief’.

‘Boyne’ (non-patented) and ‘Killarney’ (non-patented) are red raspberrycultivars that also have ‘Chief’ as one of their parents. ‘CascadeBounty’ is distinguished from ‘Boyne’ by a longer petiole, greaterlength of terminal and basal lateral leaflets and sessile basal lateralleaflets for primocane leaves, larger fruit, more drupelets per fruit,larger drupelets, larger individual seed weight, lighter fruit color anda later harvest season. ‘Cascade Bounty’ is distinguished from‘Killarney’ by a longer petiole, longer leaflets and sessile basallateral leaflets for primocane leaves, larger fruit, more drupelets perfruit, larger drupelets, larger individual seed weight, and a laterharvest season.

‘Cascade Bounty’ is distinguished from ‘Meeker’ (non-patented) in havingsessile basal lateral leaflets, shorter and narrower basal lateralleaflets for primocane leaves, fewer drupelets per fruit, largerdrupelets, larger seeds, more acidic fruit, more fruit per lateral, morefruit per fruiting node, and greater tolerance to root rot.

‘Cascade Bounty’ is distinguished from ‘Cascade Delight’ (patented asWSU 1090, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 14,522) by in having sessile basal lateralleaflets, smaller leaflets on primocanes, lighter colored spines on theprimocanes, greater total number of buds, flowers and developing fruitper lateral, node and fruiting nodes, greater number of fruit perlateral and fruit per fruiting node, smaller length to width ratio offruit, fewer drupelets per fruit, smaller drupelets, smaller fruit, andgreater tolerance to root rot.

‘Cascade Bounty’ is distinguished from ‘Chilliwack’ (non-patented),‘Comox’ (non-patented), ‘Cowichan’ (non-patented, ‘Encore’ (U.S. PlantPat. No. 11,747), ‘Malahat’ (non-patented), ‘Tulameen’ (non-patented),and ‘Qualicum’ (non-patented) by having greater tolerance to root rot ina replicated yield planting on a site with severe root rot. ‘CascadeBounty’ was very vigorous, while most or all of the plants of thesecultivars died on this site.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying photographs show typical specimens of the new cultivar,in color as nearly true as it is reasonably possible to make in colorillustrations of this character. Photographs are intended to showmorphological features of the plant.

FIG. 1 is a picture of the plant of ‘Cascade Bounty’, showing the growthhabit of the plant, taken Jun. 23, 2004.

FIG. 2 is a photograph of a winter cane of ‘Cascade Bounty’, taken Feb.3, 2004. The waxy bloom is rubbed off in one portion of the cane.

FIG. 3 is a photograph of a young primocane of ‘Cascade Bounty’, lessthan 30 cm tall grown in a greenhouse, taken Sep. 27, 2004, showingfrequency and shape of spines.

FIG. 4 is a photograph of the upper surface of a leaf from a primocaneof ‘Cascade Bounty’ taken Jun. 17, 2003.

FIG. 5 is a photograph of fruit and receptacle of ‘Cascade Bounty’,taken Jul. 7, 2004.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

History and Growth

The seeds resulting from the controlled hybridization of ‘Chief’×WSU 984were germinated in a greenhouse during the winter of 1992-1993.Resulting seedlings were planted in the spring of 1993 at Puyallup,Wash. The seedlings fruited in 1995 and one, designated WSU 1162, wasselected for its vigor on a poor site, bright uniform sized fruit, andapparent productivity.

During 1995-1996, the original plant selection was propagated asexuallyin a greenhouse at Puyallup, Wash., by rooting cuttings derived fromroot material. A replicated planting of four replications of threeplants each was established in spring 1996 at Puyallup, Wash.Subsequently, additional test plantings were established from asexuallypropagated plants that were propagated from root cuttings ormicropropagated using meristem cultures from axillary buds ofprimocanes. Plantings were established in Puyallup and Burlington, Wash.All asexually propagated plants have been observed to be true to typeduring all asexual multiplication and the vegetative and fruitcharacteristics of the original plants have been maintained. Plantsfruited in the second or third season of growth after planting.

Test plantings have shown this new variety to be adapted to all testedlocations in western Washington. There has been no observed winterdamage, but winter hardiness is unknown. Plants of the new variety havevigorous growth with long fruiting laterals.

Measurements

When objects could be accurately measured with an 8 mm diametermeasuring opening (leaves and fruit), color was measured with a MinoltaChroma Meter CR-200b, which measure color in L*, a*, b* colorcoordinates. Calibration was performed using a standard white platesupplied by the manufacturer. These L*, a*, b* coordinates wereconverted and presented in Munsell color notation. For all the othercolor measurements, color was compared with Royal Horticultural SocietyColour Chart color plates and presented as Royal Horticultural SocietyColour Chart designations.

The descriptions reported herein are from specimens grown at Puyallup,Wash., unless otherwise noted.

Size

The number of canes per hill, diameter, cane length, number of nodes,internode length, and color are given in comparison to ‘Meeker’ and‘Cascade Delight’ in Table 1. The planting with ‘Cascade Bounty’ and‘Cascade Delight’ were planted in 2000. This site is highly infestedwith root rot and over 65% of the cultivars and selections in theplanting dying from root rot within 4 years. ‘Cascade Delight’ has sometolerance to root rot and was vigorous, ‘Meeker’ is susceptible to rootrot and had collapsed by 2004. Data for ‘Meeker’ was collected from anadjacent planting established in 2001, where plants of ‘Meeker’ had notcollapsed. Even in the 2000 planting, ‘Cascade Bounty’ produced manycanes and was very vigorous (FIG. 1). Plants have been grown in the hillsystem with 10-12 canes retained per hill and the primocanes pruned to1.2 m in winter. The following summer, fruiting plots were 175 cm tallwith a width of 130 cm.

Canes

Primocane emergence was similar for ‘Cascade Bounty’ and ‘CascadeDelight’ and occurred approximately Mar. 15, 2004. Bud break for‘Cascade Bounty’ and for ‘Cascade Delight’ was Feb. 23, 2004. When thefloricanes were observed Mar. 17, 2003 there were high levels of waxybloom on the canes making the canes appear Greyed Purple group (186A).The color of the canes depended on the amount of wax on the canes. Whenthe wax was rubbed off the color of the canes was Greyed Orange group(166B). The color of the bud scales were Greyed Purple group (183A). Themidwinter color of canes is shown in FIG. 2. In midsummer (Jul. 16,2004) the cane color was much greener, Yellow-Green Group (145B). Atabout 30 cm in height the canes had 20-40 spines per cm of cane (FIG.3). The distal portion of taller canes have fewer spines, smaller spinesand the pigmentation at the basal spot and lower portions of the spinedecrease. The spine color is Greyed-Purple Group (186A). The spines arestraight and pointed toward the base of the canes. There are pigmentedspots at the base of the spine that are the same color as the spines.The spine color is similar to ‘Meeker’ and not as dark as ‘CascadeDelight’. The spines at 30 cm of a plant grown in the greenhousemeasured Sep. 27, 2004 were 2.4 mm long and the basal spot at the baseof the spine was 0.9 mm. The canes are glabrous.

Leaves

The upper surface of the leaves is glabrous with some pubescence at theleaf margin. The leaves are pubescent on the lower surface. The leafletsare generally flat in cross-section. The petioles are pubescent and alsohave spines that are similar (but smaller) to those on the canes.

Characteristics of primocane leaves are given in Table 2. The petiolesof ‘Cascade Bounty’ are longer than ‘Boyne’, ‘Chief’ and ‘Killarney’.The length of the terminal leaflet and basal lateral leaflet of ‘Boyne’were less than ‘Cascade Bounty’. The leaves of ‘Cascade Delight’ arelarger than ‘Cascade Bounty’, the length and width of the terminal,distal lateral and width of the basal lateral leaflets. The leaves of‘Chief’ are smaller than ‘Cascade Bounty’, the length and width of allleaflets. The leaflets of ‘Killarney’ were shorter than the leaflets of‘Cascade Bounty’. The leaves of ‘Meeker’ were generally similar is sizeto ‘Cascade Bounty’, except the basal lateral leaflets of ‘Meeker’ wereshorter and narrower than ‘Cascade Bounty’.

The primocane leaves of ‘Cascade Bounty’ are pinnately compound with 5leaflets (FIG. 4). The leaves have 2 stipules. The distal lateralleaflets and the terminal leaflet overlap slightly. The leaflets aredoubly serrated. The leaflets are generally ovate. The tips of allleaflets are acuminate to acute. The base of the terminal leaflet isrounded to cordate. The basal lateral leaflets are sessile and the basesare rounded and relatively symmetrical. The distal lateral leaflets aresessile with asymmetrical leaf bases.

Characteristics of floricane leaves are given in Table 3. There were fewdifferences among cultivars for floricane leaf measurements. The basallateral leaflets for ‘Cascade Bounty’ and ‘Chief’ were sessile, while‘Boyne’, ‘Cascade Delight’, ‘Killarney’ and ‘Meeker’ had petioles over 1mm. The floricane leaves have 3 leaflets that do not overlap. The leaveshave 3 leaflets and 2 stipules. The leaflets are generally ovate. Theleaflet tips are acuminate to acute. The leaf bases for the terminalleaflet is cordate and the lateral leaflets are rounded.

Flowers and fruit

Fruit of this variety ripens late in the season, with the midpoint ofharvest averaging July 12 and the length of the fruiting seasonaveraging 27 days at Puyallup, Wash. The midpoint of harvest for‘Meeker’ averaged July 13 with 23.5 days for the length of the fruitingseason. Fruit production has not been observed on primocanes. Fruitreleases easily from the receptacle. The fruit is medium sized,averaging 3.4 over the season. Early in the fruiting season, fruit wasmuch larger, averaging 5.29 g on Jun. 25, 2004.

Although variable from year to year and among locations, May 6, 2004 wasthe date for the first open flowers of ‘Cascade Bounty’ at Puyallup,Wash., the same as for ‘Cascade Delight’. The lateral length, number ofnodes, number of flowers, flower diameter and color are given in Table4. ‘Cascade Bounty’ had a greater total number of buds, flowers anddeveloping fruit per lateral, node, and fruiting node than ‘CascadeDelight’. Flower morphology is typical of most red raspberry cultivarsand is not useful to identify ‘Cascade Bounty’. The petals are WhiteGroup (155A), sepals Yellow-Green Group (147C) and pedicelsGreyed-Purple Group (184A). The flowers are perfect with generally 5sepals, 5 petals and numerous stamens (approximately 90, same as‘Cascade Delight’) and pistils (approximately 85 based on the number ofdeveloped drupelets). The flowers are self-fertile. The floweringtrusses are cymose in elongate clusters and at each node on the fruitinglateral the flowers are predominantly borne singly, or sometimes inclusters of two or more. The flowers have no discernable fragrance. Thepedicel length, number of fruit and number of fruiting nodes are givenin Table 5. The pedicel length was similar in ‘Cascade Bounty’, ‘CascadeDelight’ and ‘Meeker’. ‘Cascade Bounty’ had more fruit per lateral andnumber of fruit per fruiting node than ‘Cascade Delight’ and ‘Meeker’.Differences between the number of flowers (Table 4) and number of fruit(Table 5) are within sampling errors.

Fruit morphological characteristics are given in Table 6. Fruit is roundin shape and glossy (FIG. 5). The width of the fruit of ‘Boyne’ and‘Chief’ was greater than their length. The length of the fruit of‘Cascade Delight’ was greater than its width. The length and width ofthe fruit were similar for ‘Cascade Bounty’ and ‘Killarney’ and‘Meeker’. The number of drupelets per fruit for ‘Cascade Bounty’ wasless than for ‘Cascade Delight’ and ‘Meeker’ and more than ‘Boyne’,‘Chief’ and ‘Killarney’. The drupelet weight of ‘Cascade Bounty’ wasless than ‘Cascade Delight’ but greater than ‘Boyne’, ‘Chief’,‘Killarney’ and ‘Meeker’. The individual seed weight of ‘Cascade Bounty’was greater than the five cultivars it was compared with. Fruit of WSU984 (one of the parents of ‘Cascade Bounty’) is not available, but in1994, the shape of its fruit was conic to long conic with thelength/width ratio of 1.4 (range 1.2 to 1.6). This is much greater thanthe length/width ratio of 1.07 for ‘Cascade Bounty’. The Munsell colorvalue for fruit of WSU 984 in a 1994 sample was 6R3/6. This is muchlighter than ‘Cascade Bounty’.

Fruit of ‘Cascade Bounty’ is tart, but with a good raspberry flavor. ThepH, titratable acidity, soluble solids and anthocyanin concentration ofprocessing ripe fruit are given in Table 7. Soluble solids content andpH of ‘Cascade Bounty’ fruit did not differ from ‘Willamette’. Thetitratable aciditiy of ‘Cascade Bounty’ did not differ from ‘CascadeDelight’. The anthocyanin content of ‘Cascade Bounty’ fruit did notdiffer from ‘Meeker’. Although not analyzed in 2004, the fruit of WSU984 (one of the parents of ‘Cascade Bounty’) was included in analyses in1992. The anthocyanin concentration for WSU 984 was low, 56% of thevalue of ‘Meeker’ fruit harvested that same year in the same planting.In the 2003 comparison, the anthocyanin concentration of ‘CascadeBounty’ was over 90% of the value of ‘Meeker’.

Because of the fruit acidity, size and firmness, ‘Cascade Bounty’probably is not well suited to fresh market use. Therefore, fruit of‘Cascade Bounty’ were not evaluated for post-harvest storage.

Fruit production was measured in two plantings replicated plots atPuyallup that were hand harvested. Both plantings were on sites withhigh levels of root rot. In the planting established in 1996, ‘CascadeBounty’ was compared to ‘Comox’, ‘Encore’, ‘Malahat’, ‘Meeker’,‘Tulameen’ and ‘Willamette’ (Table 8). ‘Cascade Bounty’ had the highestyield in 1998 and in 1999, but because of root rot in the plots, therewas considerable variability among plots. By 1999, all plots of ‘Encore’and ‘Malahat’ had died. In the planting established in 2000, ‘CascadeBounty’ was compared to ‘Cascade Delight’, ‘Meeker’, ‘Chilliwack’,‘Willamette’, ‘Cowichan’, ‘Malahat’, ‘Qualicum’ and ‘Tulameen’. Beforethe 2003 harvests, all plots of ‘Cowichan’, ‘Malahat’, ‘Qualicum’ and‘Tulameen’ had died from root rot. In both 2003 and 2004, yield forthese plots was set to 0 and missing values for other variables.‘Cascade Bounty’ was extremely productive and had higher yields than allother cultivars in each year. Fruit weight of ‘Cascade Bounty’ wassimilar to ‘Meeker’ in both plantings and both were smaller than‘Cascade Delight’. Fruit firmness for ‘Cascade Bounty’ was similar to‘Meeker’ in both years. The 5%, 50% and 95% harvest dates were similarfor ‘Cascade Bounty’ and ‘Cascade Delight’ and ‘Meeker’ (except for thedate of 95% of harvest in 2003 for ‘Meeker’). ‘Cascade Bounty’ was alsosubjectively evaluated in plots established in 2003 that were machineharvested at Burlington, Wash. ‘Cascade Bounty’ machine harvestedacceptably for bulk frozen, puree or juice uses. There was some brokenfruit and soft fruit, so it may not be suitable for IQF fruit(Individually Quick Frozen fruit).

Disease resistance

‘Cascade Bounty’ is susceptible to the large raspberry aphid(Amphorophora agathonica) the vector for the mosaic virus complex. Itappears to be susceptible to raspberry bushy dwarf virus (RBDV) viapollen transmission. In unsprayed plots, the canes had some spur blight(Didymella applanata [Niessl] Sacc.) infections, but with a lowincidence. ‘Cascade Bounty’ has been planted in areas with high levelsof root rot (Phytophthora fragariae var. rubi, Wilcox & Duncan) and hashad high yields with vigorous plants. ‘Cascade Bounty’ appears to havehigh levels of root rot tolerance.

While the invention has been described in connection with specificembodiments thereof, it will be understood that it is capable of furthermodification, and this application is intended to cover any variations,uses, or adaptations of the invention following, in general, theprinciples of the invention and including such departures from thepresent disclosure as come within known or customary practice in the artto which the invention pertains and as may be applied to the essentialfeatures hereinbefore set forth, and as fall within the scope of theinvention and the limits of the appended claims.

TABLE 1 Cane measurements taken on Jul. 16, 2004, Puyallup, Wash..CASCADE Cascade BOUNTY Delight Meeker Primocanes Diameter base (mm)12.4a 12.7a 11.9a Diameter 4 ft (mm) 8.5a 8.7a 10.6a Length (cm) 187.1a191.3a 212.5a Number of nodes 37.0a 35.0a 44.3a Internode length (cm)68.7a 68.7a 65.3a Number of canes/hill 60.0a 39.7b 19.0c Cane color 145B145C 145D Spine color 186A 187A 186A Floricanes Diameter base (mm) 13.9a14.7a 12.4a Diameter 4 ft (mm) 11.0a 10.8a 7.4b Length (cm) 189.7a193.9a 143.1b Number of nodes 22.7b 24.3b 30.7a Internode length (cm)82.2a 71.3ab 48.9b Cane color 175C 166C 165B Three canes were measuredfor each clone. ^(z)Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chartdesignations Means within a row followed by the same letter are notsignificantly different at P ≦ 0.05, by Duncan's Multiple Range Test.

TABLE 2 Primocane leaves measured at 4 feet on Jun. 19, 2003, Puyallup,Wash.. CASCADE Cascade BOUNTY Boyne Delight Chief Petiole length (mm)96.8a 65.1b 85.7a 58.0b Rachis length (mm) 49.5ab 48.2b 58.6a 47.6bstipule length (mm) 10.0a 11.2a 6.0c 8.8ab terminal leaflet length (mm)129.5b 112.0c 143.8a 86.9d width (mm) 83.5b 79.5b 101.4a 60.4c petiolulelength (mm) 16.6bc 20.5b 28.7a 11.8c distal lateral leaflet length (mm)100.1b 94.2b 116.1a 70.3c width (mm) 53.7b 55.6b 64.7a 41.8c petiolulelength (mm) 0.0a 0.0a 0.0a 0.0a basal lateral leaflet length (mm) 124.9a108.4b 135.4a 85.3c width (mm) 78.1b 73.6bc 88.0a 61.3d petiolule length(mm) 0.0d 2.6c 3.6b 0.0d Color upper surface of leaflet Munsell Color6.5GY3/3 6.5GY3/3 6.5GY4/3 6.5GY3/3 lower surface of leaflet MunsellColor 6.5GY5/2 6GY5/2 6GY5/2 6GY5/2 Killarney Meeker Petiole length (mm)57.4b 94.3a Rachis length (mm) 42.3ab 53.6ab stipule length (mm) 7.1bc11.4a terminal leaflet length (mm) 98.2d 124.2bc width (mm) 104.7a 74.8bpetiolule length (mm) 32.4a 14.2bc distal lateral leaflet length (mm)82.0bc 90.6b width (mm) 56.5b 43.1c petiolule length (mm) 0.0a 0.0abasal lateral leaflet length (mm) 84.1c 109.2bc width (mm) 69.4cd 68.4cdpetiolule length (mm) 0.0d 5.0a Color upper surface of leaflet MunsellColor 6.5GY3/3 6.5GY3/3 lower surface of leaflet Munsell Color 6GY6/26.5GY5/2 Five leaves were measured for each clone. All clones had 5leaflets, except Killarney, which had 1 leaf with 5 leaflets and 4leaves with 3 leaflets. Means within a row followed by the same letterare not significantly different at P ≦ 0.05, by Duncan's Multiple RangeTest.

TABLE 3 Floricane leaves measured at 4 feet on Jun. 17, 2004, Puyallup,Wash.. CASCADE Cascade BOUNTY Boyne Delight Chief Number of leaflets 3a3a 3a 3a Petiole length (mm) 29.6b 31.9a-c 39.0ab 50.4a stipule length(mm) 1.7a 0.0a 0.0a 0.9a terminal leaflet length (mm) 88.4 96.5 94.366.6 width (mm) 65.2a 55.3a 68.7a 51.0a petiolule length (mm) 15.8a14.9a 27.0a 13.1a basal lateral leaflet length (mm) 64.2b-c 84.2a 78.0ab58.8cd width (mm) 40.2a 47.4a 43.7a 40.5a petiolule length (mm) 0.0b-c1.5a 2.3a 0.0b Color upper surface of leaflet Munsell Color 5.5GY3/36GY3/3 5GY3/3 5GY3/3 lower surface of leaflet Munsell Color 5GY6/25GY5/2 4.5GY6/2 4GY6/2 Killarney Meeker Number of leaflets 3a 3a Petiolelength (mm) 24.2c 41.1ab stipule length (mm) 0.0a 1.9a terminal leafletlength (mm) 74.8 85.1 width (mm) 60.5a 57.7a petiolule length (mm) 16.0a19.3a basal lateral leaflet length (mm) 53.8d 70.2a-c width (mm) 41.8a40.0a petiolule length (mm) 1.8a 1.8a Color upper surface of leafletMunsell Color 5GY3/2 6GY3/3 lower surface of leaflet Munsell Color5.5GY6/2 5.5GY6/2 Five leaves were measured for each clone. Means withina row followed by the same letter are not significantly different at P ≦0.05, by Duncan's Multiple Range Test.

TABLE 4 Flower measurements taken at 4 feet on May 26, 2004, Puyallup,Wash. CASCADE Cascade BOUNTY Delight Flower diameter Sepal-sepal (mm)24.2a 25.5a petal-petal (mm) 10.2a 10.6a lateral length (cm) 594a 610aNumber of nodes/lateral 13.8a 15.0a Number of flowering nodes/lateral10.0a 8.5a Number of nodes with more than 1 flower 9.5a 6.8b Number offlower buds/lateral 19.3a 12.5a Number of flowers/lateral 5.75a 3.75aNumber of developing fruit/lateral 6.75a 1.00b Number of buds, flowers,fruit/lateral 31.75a 17.25b Number of buds, flowers, fruit/node 3.21a2.02b Number of buds, flowers, fruit/fruiting node 2.32a 1.15b Color^(z)petals 155C 155C sepals 147D 147D pedicels^(y) 144A/183A 144A/183A Fiveflowering laterals were measured for each clone. ^(z)Royal HorticulturalSociety Colour Chart designations ^(y)Pedicels were variable in color,being green with exposed portions being red/purple. Means within a rowfollowed by the same letter are not significantly difterent at P ≦ 0.05,by Duncan's Multiple Range Test.

TABLE 5 Lateral measurements taken at 4 feet on Jul. 16, 2004, Puyallup,Wash.. CASCADE Cascade BOUNTY Delight Meeker Pedicel length (cm) 14.1a24.8a 19.8a Number of fruit/lateral 29.0a 15.0b 20.0b Number ofnodes/lateral 11.7a 13.7a 13.7a Number of fruiting nodes/lateral 9.0a9.7a 8.7a Number of fruit/fruiting node 3.2a 1.5c 2.3b Three fruitinglaterals were measured for each clone. Means within a row followed bythe same letter are not significantly different at P < 0.05, by Duncan'sMultiple Range Test.

TABLE 6 Fruit morphological characteristics, fruit harvested Jun. 18 and25, 2004, Puyallup, Wash.. CASCADE Cascade BOUNTY Boyne Delight ChiefFruit weight (g) 5.29b 2.94e 7.08a 1.64f Length (mm) 23.4b 17.3d 30.5a14.3e Width (mm) 22.0a 19.2b 22.6a 15.6c L/W ratio 1.07b 0.91c 1.35a0.92c Receptacle diameter (mm) 8.3b 6.7c 9.9a 5.0d Receptacle length(mm) 12.7b 8.1d 20.0a 6.2e Drupelet length (mm) 5.6a 5.5a 5.9a 5.2aDrupelet width (mm) 4.0bc 4.1bc 4.7a 3.9bc Number of drupelets 85.8b60.6cd 100.8a 52.8d Drupelet weight (mg) 61.8b 48.9d 70.2a 31.1e Totalseed weight (mg) 186.6a 97.2b 192.3a 73.7c Individual seed weight (mg)2.18a 1.60c 1.91b 1.40d Munsell Color 4.5R3/6 3.5R3/4 4.5R3/6 4.5R3/6Killarney Meeker Fruit weight (g) 3.67d 4.51c Length (mm) 21.2c 21.8cWidth (mm) 21.2a 21.9a L/W ratio 1.00b 1.00b Receptacle diameter (mm)8.5b 9.5a Receptacle length (mm) 10.8c 13.1b Drupelet length (mm) 5.6a5.6a Drupelet width (mm) 4.3ab 3.7c Number of drupelets 67.6c 101.8aDrupelet weight (mg) 54.7c 44.3d Total seed weight (mg) 112.5b 198.5aIndividual seed weight (mg) 1.67c 1.95b Munsell Color 4.5R3/6 4.5R3/6Boyne, Chief and Killarney harvested on June 18 and Cascade Delight,Meeker and CASCADE BOUNTY harvested on June 25. Means within a rowfollowed by the same letter are not significantly different at P ≦ 0.05,by Duncan's Multiple Range Test.

TABLE 7 Fruit analysis of red ripe fruit harvested July 2003, atPuyallup, Wash.. Titratable Soluble acidity Anthocyanin solids (% citricConcentration Clone (° brix) pH acid) (mg/g fruit) CASCADE BOUNTY 10.6c2.39c 1.26a 0.417c Cascade Delight 11.5ab 2.75a 1.33a 0.630a Meeker12.1a 2.70ab 0.85b 0.459c Willamette 11.2bc 2.52bc 0.96b 0.539b Analysisof three replications of 10 g of fruit. Means within a column followedby the same letter are not significantly different at P ≦ 0.05, byDuncan's Multiple Range Test.

TABLE 8 Harvest comparison of BOUNTY with six Pacific Northwestraspberry cultivars, planted 1996 at Puyallup, Wash.. Harvest seasonFruit Length Fruit Firm- of Yield weight ness season (t/a) (g) (g) 5%50% 95% (d) 1998 harvest CAS- 10.7a 3.70a 150a 7/4a 7/15a 7/31a 27a CADEBOUNTY Comox 8.5ab 3.59a 195a 6/27b 7/9c 7/20c 23ab Encore 3.7b 3.74a189a 7/2ab 7/10bc 7/19c 18b Malahat 9.1ab 4.14a 171a 6/26b 7/8c 7/22c26ab Meeker 7.8ab 3.30a 165a 7/2ab 7/14ab 7/29ab 28a Tulameen 8.7ab4.17a 159a 7/2ab 7/11bc 7/25a-c 23ab Willa- 7.2ab 3.10a 155a 6/27b 7/9c7/22bc 25ab mette 1999 harvest CAS- 7.9a 3.10a 160a 7/5ab 7/19a 8/2a 28aCADE BOUNTY Comox 3.0ab 2.94a 239a 7/8ab 7/18ab 7/29ab 21a Encore 0.0b —— — — — — Malahat 0.0b — — — — — — Meeker 4.4ab 3.34a 172a 7/11a 7/22a8/1ab 22a Tulameen 1.3ab 3.64a 166a 7/7ab 7/17ab 7/28ab 21a Willa- 2.2ab2.70a 183a 6/28b 7/9b 7/20b 22a mette Based on the means of threereplications of three plants for each location or harvest season.Cultivars that died because of root rot had yield set to 0 and missingvalues for other variables. Means within a column followed by the sameletter are not significantly different at P ≦ 0.05, by Tukey'sStudentized Range Test (HSD)

TABLE 9 Harvest comparison of BOUNTY with eight Pacific Northwestraspberry cultivars, planted 2000 at Puyallup, Wash. Harvest seasonFruit Length Fruit Firm- of Yield weight ness season (t/a) (g) (g) 5%50% 95% (d) 2003 harvest CAS- 11.7a 3.3b 163a 7/30a 8/10a 8/25a 25a CADEBOUNTY Cascade 8.7b 4.5a 197a 7/31a 8/11a 8/25a 24a Delight Meeker 1.2c3.2b 174a 8/1a 8/11a 8/19b 18a Chilliwack 1.1c 2.3b 161a 7/26a 8/3b8/14c 19a Willa- 0.4c 1.9b 124a 7/25a 8/4b 8/12d 18a mette Cowichan 0.0c— — — — — — Malahat 0.0c — — — — — — Qualicum 0.0c — — — — — — Tulameen0.0c — — — — — — 2004 harvest CAS- 15.2a 3.5b 144b 7/21a 8/3a 8/18a 28aCADE BOUNTY Cascade 8.7b 4.2a 223a 7/23a 8/1a 8/15a 22b Delight Meeker2.3c 2.7bc 173ab 7/22a 8/5a 8/17a 26ab Chilliwack 0.7c 2.2c 167ab 7/18a7/24b 8/7b 20b Cowichan 0.0c — — — — — — Malahat 0.0c — — — — — —Qualicum 0.0c — — — — — — Tulameen 0.0c — — — — — — Willa- 0.0c — — — —— — mette Based on the means of three replications of three plants foreach location or harvest season. Cultivars that died because of root rothad yield set to 0 and missing values for other variables. Means withina column followed by the same letter are not significantly different atP ≦ 0.05, by Tukey's Studentized Range Test (HSD)

1. A new and distinct variety of raspberry plant, substantially as shownand described, characterized particularly by improved resistance to rootrot.